Greenbrier County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 29,706 91.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 609 1.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 758 2.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 214 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,040 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 44 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 11 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%

• Under 18 6,245 19.3%
• 18–24 2,200 6.8%
• 25–44 7,216 22.3%
• 45–64 8,799 27.2%
• 65 and over 7,926 24.5%

Median household income

$55,405

90% interval $50,425–$60,385

−$5,257 vs WV · 35th of 55

Below poverty line

16.2%

90% interval 12.9%–19.5%

+0.0 pp vs WV · 33rd of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.08 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

1.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,917

Establishments

1,406

• Education & health services 3,609 29.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,824 23.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,246 18.3%
• Construction 758 6.2%
• Professional & business services 741 6.0%
• Manufacturing 641 5.2%
• Public administration 438 3.6%
• Financial activities 334 2.7%
• Natural resources & mining 310 2.5%
• Information 19 0.2%
• Other services 14 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 97.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.1%

−1.8 pp vs WV · 49th of 55

Median gross rent

$868

−$4 vs WV · 13th of 55

Owner-occupied

10,812

Renter-occupied

3,976

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 71% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.0× the lowest ($67,784 vs $34,374/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 10,517 70.1%
• Democratic 4,196 28.0%
• Other / third-party 283 1.9%

• Spanish 434 1.4%
• German or other West Germanic 129 0.4%
• Arabic 85 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 82 0.3%
• Chinese 68 0.2%
• Tagalog 40 0.1%

Households

14,788

Family households

8,600

58.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,976

23.0% of families

Single-mother families

744

8.7% of families

Veterans

2,158

8.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,834 20.7%
• Mainline Protestant 5,771 17.5%
• Catholic 1,045 3.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 519 1.6%
• Black Protestant 290 0.9%

Health insured

93.7%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

6.3%

±1.5 pp

27th of 55

With a disability

19.6%

±1.6 pp

26th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

22.2%

±2.6 pp

−1.9 pp vs WV · 17th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.4%

90% interval 7.4%–9.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

29th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courtswv.gov; cross-checked against W. Va. Code § 51-2-1a. Magistrate Courts (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, traffic, small civil up to $10K) are separately allocated one per county and not counted here. Family Court judges (domestic relations) also separate.)

Court seats

Lewisburg, Marlinton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

22.95 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5